We’ve known for a while now that Ferrari plans to launch its first all-electric model in 2025, and recent reports suggest the model is well on its way. The brand’s CEO, Benedetto Vigna, has already taken a prototype of the car for a spin, and “liked it a lot.”
The new CEO revealed that he had driven the car in an interview with Bloomberg Television, which is embedded below. Unfortunately, the EV remains mysterious, as Vigna declined to share more details about the model.
Vigna did say that the brand has a very deliberate process for vehicle development that takes several quarters. However, we know that Ferrari has the capacity to build EVs today, having recently completed work on its “e-building,” which will produce fully electric vehicles alongside hybrids like the 296 GTB.
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Indeed, Ferrari has laid out a plan to slowly reduce the proportion of internal combustion vehicles it produces. It intends for electrified vehicles to make up 60 percent of its sales by 2026, and 80 percent by 2030.
However, with the help of e-fuels, it expects to keep internal combustion engines in its showrooms for years to come. By 2030 it expects to still be selling ICE-only vehicles, as well as a selection of plug-in hybrid models.
The automaker, along with other smaller supercar brands, has successfully lobbied to be allowed to adopt electric power more slowly than the rest of the industry, and for e-fuels to be acceptable under the European Union’s emissions regulations for the future.
Unfortunately, details relating to the brand’s first electric vehicle remain scant. However, a patent filing suggests that it could be sold with a “sound reproduction device” that creates a noise that relates to a vehicle’s speed – something that electric vehicles lack, and which many enthusiasts associate positively with fast cars.